Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Malaysia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Malaysia in 2025 — 12.01%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 24. Since 1964, the indicator has risen by 0.63 pp.

2025 12.01% −4.33 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 24
Period maximum 19.09%2023
Period minimum 2.25%1995

Trend over time

1964–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Malaysia, 1964–20250510152019641971197819851992199920062013202020251964: 11.38%1966: 12.99%1968: 14.23%1970: 12.07%1972: 8.11%1974: 10.15%1976: 13.51%1978: 10.74%1980: 15.15%1982: 15.12%1984: 10.17%1986: 8.25%1988: 5.35%1990: 5.08%1992: 4.19%1994: 2.58%1996: 2.66%1998: 3.09%2000: 4.85%2002: 5.62%2004: 6.33%2006: 8.96%2008: 10.94%2010: 9.97%2012: 14.19%2014: 16.84%2016: 10.31%2018: 14.38%2020: 11.89%2022: 18.68%2024: 16.34%2025: 12.01%
Change over the period: +0.63 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.01 −4.33 pp
2024 16.34 −2.76 pp
2023 19.09 +0.41 pp
2022 18.68 +6.14 pp
2021 12.53 +0.65 pp
2020 11.89 −2.66 pp
2019 14.55 +0.16 pp
2018 14.38 +1.61 pp
2017 12.77 +2.46 pp
2016 10.31 −2.04 pp
2015 12.35 −4.49 pp
2014 16.84 +0.63 pp
2013 16.21 +2.02 pp
2012 14.19 +2.43 pp
2011 11.76 +1.79 pp
2010 9.97 +1.76 pp
2009 8.21 −2.73 pp
2008 10.94 +2.05 pp
2007 8.89 −0.06 pp
2006 8.96 +0.81 pp
2005 8.14 +1.81 pp
2004 6.33 +0.82 pp
2003 5.51 −0.1 pp
2002 5.62 +0.38 pp
2001 5.24 +0.39 pp
2000 4.85 +1.82 pp
1999 3.03 −0.06 pp
1998 3.09 +0.17 pp
1997 2.92 +0.26 pp
1996 2.66 +0.41 pp
1995 2.25 −0.33 pp
1994 2.58 −1.05 pp
1993 3.64 −0.55 pp
1992 4.19 −0.04 pp
1991 4.23 −0.86 pp
1990 5.08 +0.3 pp
1989 4.78 −0.57 pp
1988 5.35 −1.79 pp
1987 7.15 −1.11 pp
1986 8.25 −3.86 pp
1985 12.11 +1.94 pp
1984 10.17 −3.61 pp
1983 13.79 −1.34 pp
1982 15.12 −2.06 pp
1981 17.19 +2.03 pp
1980 15.15 +3.1 pp
1979 12.06 +1.32 pp
1978 10.74 −2.01 pp
1977 12.75 −0.76 pp
1976 13.51 +1.49 pp
1975 12.02 +1.87 pp
1974 10.15 +3.52 pp
1973 6.63 −1.48 pp
1972 8.11 −4.94 pp
1971 13.05 +0.98 pp
1970 12.07 −1.48 pp
1969 13.55 −0.67 pp
1968 14.23 +0.8 pp
1967 13.43 +0.44 pp
1966 12.99 +1.35 pp
1965 11.64 +0.26 pp
1964 11.38

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ID Indonesia 15.23 MY Malaysia 12.01

About the indicator

The share of fuel in merchandise imports — the reverse side of fuel dependence. The indicator measures vulnerability to rising energy prices: a country spending a quarter of its imports on fuel loses as much when prices double as an exporter does when they fall. The series reacts visibly to oil shocks, and it shows that in the 1970s the share of fuel in the imports of developed countries rose several times over.

Important: The share is of value, not of volume, so it rises when fuel becomes more expensive even with no change in physical deliveries. The aggregate is weighted by merchandise imports — the denominator of the indicator.

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